H.M.S. NEW ZEALAND.
CANADA AND THE NAVY. , Proposing the toast of “ H.M.S. Nov Zealand” at the luncheon to 250 men from the warship in the Auckland Town Hall yesterday, Mr W. A. Beddoe, Canadian Trade Commissioner, said that Canada was doing something to help the Navy. There was a little difficulty just now concerning the question as to whether the vessels should be built in Great Britain or in Canada, but there were no two opinions about the principle of holding the Empire together. The suggestion that Canada should give three Dreadnoughts was merely consistent with tlxe size and importance of the. Dominion; its area equalled onethird of the whole Empire. New Zealand had given a great deal when it gave a battleship. Small in area, New Zealand was large in generosity. The citizens’- ball in the Town Hall last night in honor of the officers of the New Zealand was attended by fully 1,000 people, about 700 dancing. The function was one of the most brilliant and successful held in Auckland. Karl and Countess Liverpool, the Prime Minister, and the Hon. F. H. D. Bell were present.
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Evening Star, Issue 15174, 3 May 1913, Page 5
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